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The Railroad hour, radio program [sound recording], 1948 -1954.

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Creator

Railroad Hour Radio Program

Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

Extent

  • 490 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 16 in.
  • 42 sound tapes : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 7 in.

Access Restrictions

Access to discs restricted; advance notification required.

Scope/Contents Notes

The Railroad hour was a program which presented excerpts of famous musical comedies, as well as original stories, for radio audiences. Each half-hour episode of the program presented the highlights of one musical. Gordon MacRae was the host and leading man for each episode; his leading ladies came from radio and the Metropolitan Opera.

The program featured works by: Irving Berlin, Henry Blossom, Guy Bolton, Noel Coward, B.G. De Sylva, Herbert Fields, Rudolf Friml, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, William S. Gilbert, Fred de Gresac, Clifford Grey, Oscar Hammerstein, Otto Harbach, Lorenz Hart, Moss Hart, Victor Herbert, Jerome Kern, Fritz Kreisler, Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee, Franz Lehar, Alan Jay Lerner, Frank Mandel,Joseph McCarthy, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Sidney Romberg, Lawrence Schwab, Harry B. Smith, Leo Stein, Arthur S. Sullivan, Fred Thompson, Harry Tierney, Vincent Youmans.

Featured performers: Ann Ayars, Kenny Baker, Marion Bell, William Bendix, Mimi Benzell, Ralph Blane, Evelyn Case, Nadine Conner, Doris Day, Clark Dennis, Annamary Dickey, Dorothy Donnelly, Eileen Farrell, Virginia Haskins,Dorothy Kirsten, Frances Langford, Jeanette MacDonald, Elaine Malbin, Victor Moore, Patricia Morison, Patrice Munsel, Lucille Norman, Jarmila Novotna, Walter O'Keefe, Irra Petina, Jane Powell, Dorothy Sarnoff, Dinah Shore, Ginny Simms, Jane Stuart Smith, Jo Stafford, Risë Stevens,Gladys Swarthout, Blanche Thebom, Margaret Truman, DorothyWarenskjold, Margaret Whiting, Eileen Wilson.

Controlled Access Terms

  • Radio programs -- United States.
  • Musicals -- Excerpts.
  • Operas -- Excerpts.
  • Tonadillas -- Excerpts.

Additional Creator Names

  • Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989.
  • Blossom, Henry, 1866-1919.
  • Bolton, Guy, 1884-1979.
  • Coward, Noel, 1899-1973.
  • De Sylva, B. G. (Buddy Gard), 1896-1950.
  • Fields, Herbert, 1897-1958.
  • Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972.
  • Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
  • Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.
  • Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911.
  • Gresac, Fred de.
  • Grey, Clifford, 1887-1941.
  • Hammerstein, Oscar, 1895-1960.
  • Harbach, Otto, 1873-1963.
  • Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943.
  • Hart, Moss, 1904-1961.
  • Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924.
  • Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.
  • Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962.
  • Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-
  • Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918-
  • Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948.
  • Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986.
  • Mandel, Frank, 1884-1958.
  • McCarthy, Joseph, 1885-1943.
  • Porter, Cole, 1891-1964.
  • Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
  • Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951.
  • Schwab, Lawrence, 1893-1956.
  • Smith, Harry Bache, 1860-1936.
  • Stein, Leo, 1862-1920.
  • Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
  • Thompson, Fred, 1900-1987.
  • Tierney, Harry, 1894-1965.
  • Youmans, Vincent, 1898-1946.
  • MacRae, Gordon. prf
  • Ayars, Ann. prf
  • Baker, Kenny, 1912-1985. prf
  • Bell, Marion. prf
  • Bendix, William, 1906-1964. prf
  • Benzell, Mimi, 1922-1970. prf
  • Blane, Ralph. prf
  • Case, Evelyn. prf
  • Conner, Nadine. prf
  • Day, Doris, 1924- prf
  • Dennis, Clark. prf
  • Dickey, Annamary. prf
  • Donnelly, Dorothy. prf
  • Farrell, Eileen, 1920-2002. prf
  • Haskins, Virginia. prf
  • Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992. prf
  • Langford, Frances. prf
  • MacDonald, Jeanette, 1903-1965. prf
  • Malbin, Elaine. prf
  • Moore, Victor. prf
  • Morison, Patricia, 1915- prf
  • Munsel, Patrice Beverly, 1925- prf
  • Norman, Lucille. prf
  • Novotná, Jarmila, 1907-1994. prf
  • O'Keefe, Walter. prf
  • Petina, Irra, 1907- prf
  • Powell, Jane, 1929- prf
  • Sarnoff, Dorothy. prf
  • Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994. prf
  • Simms, Ginny. prf
  • Smith, Jane Stuart. prf
  • Stafford, Jo. prf
  • Stevens, Risë, 1913- prf
  • Swarthout, Gladys, 1904- prf
  • Thebom, Blanche. prf
  • Truman, Margaret, 1924-2008. prf
  • Warenskjold, Dorothy. prf
  • Whiting, Margaret. prf
  • Wilson, Eileen. prf
  • p1bc Lawrence, Jerome,1915- Lawrence and Lee collection of broadcast recordings (CStRLIN)NYPW88-A22

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